Robert Aitchison 🏴‍☠️⚓✡️

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Dad, Geek, Gamer, U.S. Navy Veteran, Volunteer on USS Iowa, Convert to Judaism, Foursquare SU9, Moderate Republican, PoGo: Team Instinct, Born & raised in The Valley

So the tire shop I've been using exclusively for more than 20 years has decided they no longer want my business. Because the owner got into a verbal disagreement with my (30 year old) son last year.

Worse he jerked me around for more than a month before he told me this.

le sigh

Super annoying when (idiot) web site designers (in this case the CA DMV) do stupid thing like blocking pasting into fields like bank account or routing numbers (for ACH payments).

Forcing people to type these numbers offers no security benefit at all & only increases the chance of making an error.

This morning I was on my morning commute, driving the flow of traffic doing 45 in a 40.

Woman behind me pulled onto the center median (not allowed obviously) and drove 55+ to pass me.

The more police refuse to enforce traffic laws (occasionally running speed traps strictly for revenue generation doesn't count) the more common this kind of dangerous driving will become.

One of the hallmarks of good satire is if the story is somewhat believable.

Sadly this handily passes muster.

https://www.duffelblog.com/p/pentagon-removes-54th-massachusetts

Pentagon removes 54th Massachusetts from Army records as 'DEI hires'

"Recruiting an entire regiment based only on skin color? What were we thinking?”

Duffel Blog

Over the previous two nights I spent probably >4 hours on the phone with Apple support to fix what should have been a simple issue (downloading a free app from the Mac App Store.

I'm virtually certain there is a bug in the underlying code and will only effect the very few people who use a Mac but have never used an iPhone or iPad.

@bmathess

@leo My Bee arrived yesterday, too bad they don't have a referral program or you'd be raking in the cash RN cause I know I'm not the only one.

On a related note: "Robert informs an employee that due to a lack for work and business he must unfortunately terminate their position..." which is a bit stale but sadly accurate.

It just occurred to me that I probably should get a User Agent Switcher extension for my new MacBook Air so I can pretend to be a (plebeian) Windows user online and avoid paying the "Apple Tax" when I buy things.
Watch Duty is to 2025 as Zoom is to 2020.

@show To add, when you make a video about this (I suspect you will) you may want to recommend people ASAP download the apps that are (for now) available to (hopefully) allow JuiceBox owners to change some of their settings once the servers shut down next week.

Google Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emotorwerks.xinstaller

Apple App Store- ‎https://apps.apple.com/us/app/juiceconfigure/id1548476970

According to the press release these apps will be pulled from the app stores next week as well, so JuiceBox owners should get them while they can.

Enel X Wayconfigure - Apps on Google Play

Install and Configure your JuiceBox Wi-Fi and trigger firmware updates.

@show In case you didn't notice it looks like Enel X (the company that destroyed JuiceBox) is officially shutting down.

http://www.juiceboxnorthamerica.com/

I won't shed a tear for this company but it looks like the end is near for existing JuiceBox EVSEs.

I have two (bought the 2nd just before they forced the dreaded update). They both work for now but I expect that we will no longer be able to change any settings for them in the future.

Juicebox North America | Enel X Way USA - Creditor Claims Information

Creditor Claims Information

Juicebox North America | Enel X Way USA - Creditor Claims Information